Magistrate on hook for costs after challenging move out of Children’s Court

A Western Australian judge, who strongly objected to her move from the Children’s Court to the Magistrates’ Court,...

10 April 2025

By Naomi Neilson

Court tosses claim Law Society intends to ‘kill, suppress’ ACT solicitor

A former solicitor who has relentlessly pursued the ACT Law Society over dismissed racial discrimination allegations...

14 March 2025

By Naomi Neilson

Judge Salvatore Vasta wins immunity from civil suits

The High Court has decided whether Judge Salvatore Vasta should have judicial immunity from civil lawsuits after a...

12 February 2025

By Naomi Neilson

Qld A-G seeks to overturn ‘inadequate’ sentences

Appeals have been filed in two high-profile Queensland crimes after the Attorney-General found the sentences...

10 January 2025

By Naomi Neilson

High Court rules that ‘sham’ terminations can cause psychiatric injury, overturning century-old law

A precedent set by a 1909 English case has been overturned by the High Court of Australia in a landmark workers’...

11 December 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Taxpayer wins High Court appeal in luxury car tax case

The High Court of Australia has set aside previous orders from the full Federal Court in a new decision concerning...

17 October 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Reprimanded solicitor’s hopeless appeal criticised by tribunal

An ACT tribunal said it was “incongruous” for a solicitor to appeal a 12-month suspension for altering...

12 September 2024

By Naomi Neilson

Ruby Princess cruise line points finger at NSW Health for COVID outbreak

The cruise line behind the Ruby Princess COVID-19 fiasco appealed findings it breached consumer law by arguing the...

28 August 2024

By Naomi Neilson

ATO to appeal PepsiCo decision to High Court

The Australian Taxation Office has sought special leave to appeal the recent PepsiCo decision in the High Court of...

12 August 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Lehrmann details plans for appeal hearing

New representation and a bid to delay the mammoth costs order for his unsuccessful defamation trial are on the cards...

25 July 2024

By Naomi Neilson

PepsiCo wins appeal against commissioner of taxation

PepsiCo successfully appealed a Federal Court finding that it was liable for royalty withholding tax

27 June 2024

By Naomi Neilson

Dawson makes out grounds of appeal but stays locked up

Chris Dawson succeeded on two of the five grounds in the appeal of his murder conviction – but it was not enough to...

13 June 2024

By Naomi Neilson

Solicitor’s reprimand challenge backfires with tougher penalty for acting in conflict

The founder of an NSW boutique firm was hit with a harsher penalty after appealing the reprimand she received for...

31 May 2024

By Naomi Neilson

Hells Angels on hook for costs after trademark stoush

Hells Angels lengthy trademark court saga against Redbubble has ended with a sizeable costs

22 May 2024

By Naomi Neilson

Funder’s commission doubles after appeal of 7-Eleven, ANZ class action

The funder of two class actions against 7-Eleven and ANZ Bank will be paid more than $24 million in commission after it...

02 May 2024

By Naomi Neilson

Court throws out Sydney solicitor’s defamation appeal

A Sydney solicitor who admitted to deceiving a major retailer has lost a defamation fight with a small publication for...

19 April 2024

By Naomi Neilson

Sydney woman again fails to dodge $35k legal fee

A Supreme Court has thrown out a Sydney woman’s fourth attempt to dodge a $35,000 payment to her former

26 February 2024

By Naomi Neilson

‘Whole picture’ proof of Ben Roberts-Smith’s guilt, lawyer argues

Evidence disgraced soldier Ben Roberts-Smith executed a man and kicked another off a cliff is in the “whole...

13 February 2024

By Naomi Neilson

Court missed ‘sensational’ detail in Victorian Cross meeting, Roberts-Smith argues

Ben Roberts-Smith’s lawyer said a 2013 sergeant’s meeting about removing the former soldier’s Victorian Cross...

08 February 2024

By Naomi Neilson

John Ibrahim’s son fails to appeal failed defamation case

Daniel Taylor, son of former Kings Cross nightclub owner John Ibrahim, failed to appeal his unsuccessful defamation...

26 July 2023

By Naomi Neilson